"I use a lot of analogue synths all the time. My favorite analogue poly synth ever is the Prophet 5. That’s the sound I always wanted to make as a kid, but I could never afford one of those really expensive poly synths. I use it all the time."

In his [My Studio feature for Attack Magazine](http://www.attackmagazine.com/features/my-studio/mathew-jonson/), Mathew Jonson writes: "The Prophet-5 probably speaks for itself. It’s the most used synth in the studio these days.

In this video at 2:00, Para One of [L'Atelier](http://equipboard.com/band/l-atelier) and [TTC](http://equipboard.com/band/ttc) shows his studio, including a Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, for the process of making his second album 'Passion'.

In the section of the article “THEN: The Vintage Keys of Thriller”
(by Michael Boddicker) included in the source URL describing the “P.Y.T.” synth noodle that answers the chorus vocal: “That was a Roland Jupiter-6 “wang bar”-style pitch bend doubled with, and controlling, a Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, thus the sort of smear you can hear on the “wobble” between the top two notes.”

In [this](http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/aug14/articles/classic-tracks-0814.htm) Sound On Sound article, it reads, "'The live room had a PA system that we also used as an echo chamber,' Killen recalls, 'and the control room was where Peter had his keyboards — an Emulator, a Fairlight, a Prophet 5 and a Yamaha CP70 — in addition to some percussion instruments and a bunch of guitars.'"

"The first analog synth I bought; this was on the Since We Last Spoke tour in 2004... Only five voices, but sounds beautiful."
-RJD2, [Thump.Vice Interview](https://thump.vice.com/en_ca/article/rjd2-gave-us-a-guided-tour-of-his-columbus-ohio-home-studio)

"I also used a bunch of different modules as well as the René. I've got lots of Intellijel modules, and I put a lot of parts through the Korgasmatron for shaping and stereo filtering or phasing effects. I also use both my Prophets, the 5 and the 8, just because they're the best pad machines out there. They're so rich."

The Prophet-5 can be seen during Alessandro Cortini's "synth cave" tour. The item can be seen 12:18 into this video. The "Prophet-5" logo plate can be clearly seen in the bottom-left corner of the frame.

A Prophet 5 on top of a Fender Rhodes… what more can one wish for? The Pro 5 is such a simple but good sounding piece of kit. True, it needs some tech work now and then, but it’s all worth it! The sound somehow blends very easily in a mix. It’s just right.

In this studio clip of his cover version of the Shadows classic "Wonderful Land", at 1:09, Oldfield is briefly seen with three synths as the camera flys in. The one in the middle that he is 'playing' (in an amusingly hammy fashion for the purpose of the video!) is the Prophet 5.
The Prophet 5 was used on his albums "Platinum" "QE2" "Five Miles Out" and "Crises". It was also used in concerts by keyboard player Tim Cross. (information from Tubular.net http://tubular.net/instruments/?by=cat#SYNTH )

"Their layered style of recording also made it easier to work from Stanley's home studio, which the band had recently upgraded using advance money from the second album. Stanley's newly expanded home studio included a 32-channel Soundcraft console, a 24-track analog tape machine and room for the band's keyboard and synthesizer collection, which included such classic designs as Sequential Circuits Prophet 5, Fairlight CMI, Roland Jupiter 8, Yamaha DX7 synthesizer and PPG Wave. They also had a LinnDrum LM-2, another recent acquisition."

"Zawinul did not stop at the Wurlitzer and Fender Rhodes electric pianos he used in the 1960s. By the late 1960s he was extending his sonic palette with effects like phase shifters, Echoplexes, wah-wahs and ring modulators, and when synthesizers came on the market he was among the first to buy one (the EMS Putney). The list of synthesizers he has used since then — among them the ARP 2600, Rhodes Chroma, Oberheim Four-voice and Eight-voice, ARP Quadra, Sequential Prophet 5 and Prophet T8, Korg Trident, Oberheim Xpander, Korg VC10 vocoder, Emu Emulator, Casio CZ101, Korg DW8000, DSS1, DSM1 and M1 — reads like a synth museum's treasure list."

In the video in which Moonlight Matters is taking Future Music Magazine on a tour of his studio, at 0:29:03 he says "Okay, so next synth we have over here is a Prophet-5. One of the most legendary synths by far . . . ".

I imported this from tennesee back in March 2000, it was not in the best shape the memories were bad and needed work, it turned out to be a fault Z80 and my good man Tony Allgood up in Cumbria repaired it, mine was a Curtis based Rev, i upgraded the synth myself from non midi to full rev 3.3 midi with help from wine country in california, i truly regret selling this synth but i was overloaded with them at the time and something had to go in my extra compact studio, plus the sale value was high, so sadly this went..